linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch: Allow --fix removal of unnecessary break statements

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Date:   Sun, 18 Oct 2020 12:49:26 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>, trix@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, cocci <cocci@...teme.lip6.fr>
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: Allow --fix removal of unnecessary break
 statements

switch/case use of break after a return or goto is unnecessary.

There is an existing warning for these uses, so add a --fix option too.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
---

For today's next, this would remove ~300 instances like:

	case FOO:
		return bar;
		break;
or
	case FOO:
		goto bar;
		break;

 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index fab38b493cef..22263b278e87 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3678,8 +3678,11 @@ sub process {
 		if ($sline =~ /^\+([\t]+)break\s*;\s*$/) {
 			my $tabs = $1;
 			if ($prevline =~ /^\+$tabs(?:goto|return)\b/) {
-				WARN("UNNECESSARY_BREAK",
-				     "break is not useful after a goto or return\n" . $hereprev);
+				if (WARN("UNNECESSARY_BREAK",
+					 "break is not useful after a goto or return\n" . $hereprev) &&
+				    $fix) {
+					fix_delete_line($fixlinenr, $rawline);
+				}
 			}
 		}